> From: "David Boatright" <david.boatright_at_...>
>Philippe Krait
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>>So this game system expects us to be all Sherlock Holmes
>>instead of poor Watsons, which might be fine if it had only to do it
>>with ONE story in mind. Unfortunately, this is not a story that the
>>Narrators are just telling (like what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was
>>able to do), it is a story shared with the players, and to be able to
>>tell a story that pleases everybody, some common ground must
>>first be established about what the world is like.
>
>Does this not then actions should be described after the roll is
>made. The rules actively discourage this practice.
I don't think they do. You describe your _intention_ before the roll. The
outcome of the roll is then described by the narrator (and/or players). The
rukes try to discourage "I cut his head off" (except as a short hand for "I
try to cut his head off").
Thom